IED blast in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur injures one hours after Maoist attack killed two cops and one scribe

Barely hours after two policemen and a cameraperson of Doordarshan were killed and two others injured in a Maoist attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, there was an IED blast reported in Balrampur.

ANI reported that one villager was injured in the blast. Police and CRPF teams have been rushed to the site.

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The earlier incident took place at around 11 am in a forest area near Nilawaya village, around 450 km from Raipur, Deputy Inspector General (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P had told PTI.

The Maoists ambushed a squad of local police which was carrying out patrolling on motorcycles from Sameli camp towards Nilawaya on Tuesday morning, he had said.

A three-member team of Doordarshan was travelling for election-related news coverage at the same time and was caught in the crossfire, he had said.